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Floris van der Pol - Living Without a Smartphone and Reading 100 Books a Year

Jan 22, 2022

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What is the opportunity cost of playing games?

01:06

The Importance of Choosing the Right Books to Read

01:24

Do You Have Attention Spontaneity?

04:03

Is There a Difference Between Motion and Action?

03:48

Introduction

2min

Do You Have a Kid?

2min

Do You Have a Room in Your Life?

2min

Is There a Luxury Problem?

2min

I'm a Video Game Addict and I Learned a Lot

2min

Is There a Stigma With Gaming?

2min

The Status of a Leader in Video Games

3min

Do You Still Play Any Games to Day?

2min

Are Addictions Bad?

2min

10.

How Do You Read 100 Books a Year?

2min

11.

Do You Have a Smart Phone?

2min

12.

Do You Not Get Lost Because You Don't Have a Smart Phone?

2min

13.

How Does Not Having a Smart Phone Affect Your Productivity?

3min

14.

Is There a Connection With Reading?

2min

15.

Do You Really Want to Read More?

2min

16.

Don't Read Too Many Productivity Books

2min

17.

Is There a Difference Between Motion and Action?

4min

18.

Why Do You Read?

2min

19.

Do You Have Attention Spontaneity?

4min

20.

The Economics of Health Care

3min

21.

Do You Have Any Advice for People Who Want to Read More?

3min

22.

Is There Any Role for Will Power?

3min

23.

Obsidian Is One of the Hottest Aps in Productivity Space

2min

24.

How Does It Work for You?

3min

25.

How Do You Structure Your Day?

2min

26.

You're No Longer in Charge of Your Own Time

2min

Floris van der Pol is a Dutch philosopher, writer, and self-described “reading addict”. He publishes book reviews on YouTube as well as videos on reading more generally and on living without a smartphone, which he has done for years now. Floris also writes a newsletter with essays on philosophy and literature.

I met Floris in a course I was taking on YouTube—the Part-Time YouTuber Academy by Ali Abdaal, if you’re curious—in which Floris gave me fantastic feedback on some of my own YouTube videos. We got to chatting and some of his YouTube videos impressed me so much that I wanted to get him on the show.

Floris and I discuss: